Four Native Organizations Secure $3 Million from W.K. Kellogg Foundation to Expand Native Entrepreneurship Support
Change Labs, Native Community Capital, Native Women Lead, and New Mexico Community Capital will launch a new entity to boost locally-driven entrepreneurial ecosystems and economic development in Southwestern Indigenous communities. Albuquerque, NM -- The W.K....
U.S. Dept of Commerce Invests $3.2 Million to Support Elk Valley Tribe’s Business Development & Job Growth Efforts
The mission of the U.S. Economic Development Administration is to lead the federal economic development agenda by promoting competitiveness and preparing the nation's regions for growth and success in the worldwide economy. WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of...
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe Announces Million Dollar Pro Football Frenzy
Participants can make weekly football picks and play free online games daily to win prizes. Stateline, NV. – Hotel Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will take part in the Million Dollar Pro Football Frenzy now - Feb. 13, 2022. Participants can make weekly football picks...
Choctaw Development Fund Awards More Than $21,000 to Town of Hartshorne, OK
Pictured: Robert Karr, Choctaw Nation Councilmember District 11; Cindy Bedford, Librarian at Hartshorne Library; Chief Gary Batton; Michael Hull, Executive Director of Southeast Oklahoma Library System; Roger Hemphill, Haileyville School Superintendent; Ashley...
Mohegan Sun Casino Las Vegas Announces Maximum Momentum Giveaway Winner
The giveaway was launched on the casino’s opening day, March 25, 2021. Photo credit: Mohegan Sun Casino Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS – On Friday, July 3, Mohegan Sun Casino, inside Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, part of Curio Collection by Hilton, selected the winner for the...
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JC Seneca Foundation and G-Health Enterprises Collaborate to Provide Health Care Services for Native Territories
"...[we] are of one mind in our mission to provide healthcare and medical services to people on the Native territories..." Irving, NY --- Seneca Nation businessman, J.C. Seneca, and Raul Vazquez, M.D. F.A.A.F.P., founder of Buffalo’s G-Health Enterprises, have...
Native Business Video Learning: Watch Entrepreneur Mentoring & Insights from Lance Gumbs, Shinnecock Tribal Ambassador & CEO of Shinnecock Lobster Shack
Watch this informative video with Mr. Lance Gumbs to get a glimpse into how his entrepreneurial mind thinks and works outside of the box. Enjoy this insightful and inspiring Native Business Virtual Summit broadcast interview delivering entrepreneur mentoring &...
San Manuel Casino Awards Rare $1 Million Jackpot to Guest
A San Manuel Casino Classic Club Serrano member hits a $1 million jackpot playing Fortune Pai Gow Poker Progressive®. Highland, California - San Manuel Casino just became the first California casino to award a $1 million progressive jackpot from a Scientific Games...
Grant Competition is NOW OPEN for MBDA Business Centers
Want to operate an MBDA Business Center? Visit www.MBDA.gov/grants for more info. Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is seeking proposals to open and operate an MBDA Business Center to provide technical...
Native Business Video Learning: Watch Keynote Remarks from Chairman Marshall Pierite of the Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
Chairman Pierite addresses innovation in Tribal and Native American business. Enjoy these keynote remarks, recorded during the Native Business Virtual Summit, from Chairman Marshall Pierite of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana. Chairman Pierite addresses...
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Gila River Hotels & Casinos Bets on Phoenix Suns and Mercury
Gila River gaming enterprise has entered into a new partnership deal with the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury. A partnership between Gila River Hotels & Casinos and the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury will bring all-new amenities to consumers across the Valley...
San Manuel Band Celebrates Topping Off of Resort Expansion
Ceremony attendees look up as a the final steel beam is laid on the 17th floor of the San Manuel hotel tower. (San Manuel)San Manuel Casino is widely considered a powerhouse in the Southern California gaming industry. But prior to 1986, when San Manuel introduced its...
SWAIA Saw the Pandemic’s Silver Lining: Santa Fe Indian E-Market
Royston Turquoise Bracelet by Myles Calladitto, Diné. View the complete list of virtual Indian Market artists at market.swaia.org. (Photo Courtesy swaia.org/exhibitors) “The pandemic forced everyone to be in this place of standstill, and in that standstill, we were...
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Native Business Celebrates Groundbreaking Milestones & Achievements of 2019
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Waséyabek: Non-Gaming Diversification Empowered Tribal Economic Resilience in Face of COVID-19
Waséyabek Development Co.'s headquarters, purchased in October 2018, located in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Courtesy Waséyabek)Because the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi made the strategic decision to diversify away from gaming, the Tribal economy has...
Meet Joy Huntington, Founder of Uqaqti Consulting and a Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneur
Koyukon Athabascan entrepreneur Joy Huntington is achieving her goals through a combination of grit, an inborn ability to foster productive communications between people, and a firm footing in her Tribal heritage.
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“My mother always told me that there’s no such thing as saying, ‘That’s not my job,’” says Clara Pratte, CEO of Strongbow Strategies, a multi-disciplinary firm.
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San Manuel Casino Unveils Expansion Details Including Expanded Gaming, Luxury, Retail and Fine Dining
With the new slot machines, San Manuel Casino’s property will contain more than 6,500 slots, making it the west coast leader for this type of gaming. The California-based San Manuel Band of Mission Indians announced today new details about their long-awaited Casino...
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Gila River gaming enterprise has entered into a new partnership deal with the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury. A partnership between Gila River Hotels & Casinos and the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury will bring all-new amenities to consumers across the Valley...
San Manuel Band Celebrates Topping Off of Resort Expansion
Ceremony attendees look up as a the final steel beam is laid on the 17th floor of the San Manuel hotel tower. (San Manuel)San Manuel Casino is widely considered a powerhouse in the Southern California gaming industry. But prior to 1986, when San Manuel introduced its...
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“Diné/Naahiłi Girl Magic,” celebrates Ahsaki Báá LaFrance-Chachere on Facebook. “Indigenous Black Girl Magic.” Ah-Shí Beauty is featured in the September issue of Harper’s Bazaar showcasing Rihanna on the cover. Ah-Shí Beauty translates to “This is my beauty.” ...
Carmen Davis Reflects on the Foundations of Native Economy: Land, Water & Infrastructure
In our weekly “From the Editor,” Native Business Executive Editor Carmen Davis (Makah/Chippewa-Cree/Yakama) reflects on the foundational components of Native economy: land, water and resource rights, and infrastructure. “Everything in US history is about the...
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Left to right: Koyukon Athabascan entrepreneur Joy Huntington, founder of Uqaqti Consulting and the Joy Huntington brand; Byron Bighorse (Osage), CEO of Osage Hotels and Casinos; and Clara Pratte (Diné), CEO of Strongbow StrategiesSince Native Business launched in...
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Cherokee Nation Remains a Steadying & Growing Economic Force With $2.2 Billion Impact on Oklahoma
Cherokee Nation made a $2.169 billion economic impact in the state in fiscal year 2018, reflecting an increase of about 7% from 2016 and more than 100% from 2010.
Clara Pratte Wins Environmental Genius Award for Innovators Under 40
Pratte reacts to the December 16th announcement of her selection as the 2020 winner of the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award. (UCLA)The Tribal engagement leader for President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign, Clara Pratte (Navajo) has won the 2020 Pritzker...
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New Mexico Community Capital Expands as it Helps Native-Owned Businesses Launch & Grow
New Mexico Community Capital continues to add management staff and programs as it brings entrepreneurial skills to emerging Native-owned businesses, currently serving 20 different Tribes in 6 different states.
NCUA Charters Otoe-Missouria Federal Credit Union
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – National Credit Union Administration Board Chairman Rodney E. Hood presented a federal credit union charter to the Otoe-Missouria Federal Credit Union in Red Rock, Oklahoma, yesterday.“I congratulate the Tribal community for making their vision for...
Native Business Summit Inspired Attendees ‘to Conquer & Keep Conquering Our Dreams’
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Shopify Invests in Making Māori E-Commerce Program Available Worldwide
Te Whare Hukahuka CEO Travis O’Keefe said his organization’s program is designed to enable more Indigenous businesses around the world to launch online, sell more and do it more efficiently. (Courtesy Te Whare Hukahuka / YouTube)Global e-commerce giant Shopify is...
Native Women Taking the Lead in Wake of COVID-19
Pictured, from left, are Native Women Lead co-founders Alicia Ortega, Jaime Gloshay, Jaclyn Roessel, Stephine Poston, Vanessa Roanhorse, and Kim Gleason. (Courtesy Native Women Lead)Native women entrepreneurs will have increased access to capital and other business...
Digital Expansion of Native Business Allows Unencumbered News Delivery to Indian Country During Pandemic
Native Business’ move to digital distribution via the Native Business App and increased investment in our digital platforms have empowered our media company to continue operations unencumbered by the coronavirus pandemic and financial crisis.
Report: NANA Corp. Distributes Mining Proceeds to the Far Corners of Alaska
Of the $355 million in net proceeds from Red Dog Mine operations paid to NANA, $221.5 million was then distributed to other Alaska Native regional and village corporations and at-large shareholders. (Photo: NANA Corp.) A recent report about the economic benefits of...
Nez-Lizer Administration Proclaim Renewable Energy Development as Top Priority
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez recently signed a proclamation that embraces a shift to renewable energy development.
Blue Lake Rancheria Powers Microgrid for Self-Sufficiency and Savings
The Blue Lake Rancheria is saving about $200,000 annually on energy costs thanks to its 500-kilowatt solar array combined with battery storage.
Honoring Canada’s First Indigenous Woman to Lead a Commercial Lending Institution
The 2020 Indspire Award for Business and Commerce recognizes the groundbreaking career of Dawn Madahbee Leach — the first Indigenous woman in Canada to head up a commercial lending institution.
Lance Morgan: Building a Business From the Prairie to Prosperity
Lance Morgan is a Native Business Top 30 CEO.Lance Morgan (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska) was 25 years old in 1994, when he was entrusted with $9 million in seed capital to start Ho-Chunk, Inc. Today, that company that started with one employee brings in roughly $250...
Top 30 CEO: The Late Neil Cornelius, Former CEO, Muckleshoot Indian Nation
The late Neil Cornelius, former CEO of the Muckleshoot Indian Nation, was named a Native Business Top 30 CEO.“Neil’s continuous focus on doing things ‘The Right Way, at The Right Time, with The Right Intent’ is a phrase that will be used for many years to come,” Joe...